if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,
We have here Job's protestation against three more sins, together with his general appeal to God's bar and his petition for a hearing there, which, it is likely, was intended to conclude his discourse (and therefore we will consider it last), but that another particular sin occurred, from which he thought it requisite to acquit himself. He clears himself from the charge, I. Of dissimulation and hypocrisy.
Commenting on Job 31:33-40
lose . . . life--not literally, but "harassed to death"; until he gave me up his land gratis [MAURER]; as in Jdg 16:16; "suffered him to languish" by taking away his means of living [UMBREIT] (Kg1 21:19).
If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life: (e) Meaning, that he was not a briber or extortioner.